The Kansas Home Care Association is pleased to bring you this educational program through an agreement with the Ohio Council for Home Care & Hospice...
Is Your Scheduler 2017 Ready?
Webinar
Thursday, January 19, 2017
10:30 am – Noon CST **
** a recording will be available for those unable to participate live
The coordination of various tasks within a Home Health Agency begins with the Scheduling Coordinator role. Home health Scheduling Coordinators must ensure that visits are properly staffed for all disciplines, while addressing changes and effectively communicating information in a timely manner. The role is similar to a front desk receptionist; with daily tasks that include speaking with patients, setting appointments, and / or managing timesheets. Effective management of all tasks is vital to the operations of the agency.
Kick off the New Year with a solid foundation. This webinar will reinforce the basic skills of the scheduler position and introduce new best practices that will help guide your agency to a successful year.
Who Should Attend: New and experienced Home Health Office Coordinators/Schedulers
Program Objectives:
- Provide an overview of Home Health Services
- Review staffing guidelines and payor requirements
- Develop an understanding of service plan authorizations
- Discuss the importance of monitoring required documentation
- Provide best practices for effective scheduling
- Identify scheduling’s impact on home health monthly revenue cycle
Faculty: Yolanda Riley, a director of revenue cycle management at Richter Healthcare Consultants in Twinsburg, OH. She has a long tenure in healthcare, including 10 years in hospice, and has served in a leadership role for acute, post-acute providers, and insurance carriers nationwide. She is an experienced trainer and very familiar with regulatory requirements for providers.
Continuing Education: The presenters and program planners have no conflict of interest in regard to this webinar. RNs and LPNs must participate in the entire presentation in order for contact hours to be awarded. To apply for nursing contact hours, please mail an evaluation form and a $10 processing fee for each individual requesting hours. Additionally, send in a completed sign-in sheet, listing the individuals at your facility that participated and noting those requesting contact hours.
Individuals requesting contact hours will receive a certificate of contact hours earned. Please make sure that you enter the Contact Person’s name in the Registration Form. All correspondence and site registration information will be sent to this person. No commercial support has been provided for this program.
Ohio Council for Home Care and Hospice is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. (OBN-001-91) (OH -157, 4/1/2019).
Confirmation: A confirmation will be sent via email to verify site registration, as will the handouts, Internet link and 800 number for entering the webinar, and instructions for participation. If your Contact Person does not receive the E-mail confirmation two (2) business days prior to the webinar, please contact our office to verify your status.
Registration Fee per site/phone connection: Registration fees are for one (1) phone connection. SHARING OF REGISTRATION OR FEES WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS IS PROHIBITED. The live webinar includes the opportunity to ask questions of the presenter. Contact hours may be earned for listening to the audio recording up to 6 months following the live webinar. If you desire to purchase both the live webinar and the audio recording, pay the registration fee and an additional $30.
KHCA Members:
- $149 live webinar connection OR recording
Non-Members:
- $298 live webinar connection OR recording
Both the live webinar AND the recording: Registration fee above and an additional $30
